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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland. The device was introduced in 1564 during the reign of Mary Queen of Scots , and was last used in 1716.
Death and the Maiden is a 1994 mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson. It was based on the 1990 play of the same name by Ariel Dorfman , who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rafael Yglesias .
1989, Death and the Maiden: Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology, London and New York: Routledge. 1992, Religion and the Romans, London: Bristol Classical Press. 1992, The Uses of Greek Mythology, London and New York: Routledge. 2000, European Paganism: the realities of cult from antiquity to the middle ages, London and New York: Routledge.
Sophia died on February 22, 2022, making use of new legal rights to obtain medical assistance in dying that existed in Canada since March 17, 2021. [1]Rohini Peris, President of the Environmental Health Association of Québec said, after her death: "This person begged for help for years, two years, wrote everywhere, called everywhere, asking for healthy housing."
Live After Death is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released in October 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002 on CD and by Universal Music Group/Sony BMG Music Entertainment on DVD).
Death and the Maiden is a 1947 mystery detective novel by the British writer Gladys Mitchell. [1] It is the twentieth in her long-running series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs Bradley .
Anna May-Rychter (1864–1955) was an early 20th century realist painter best remembered for her watercolors of the Holy Land. [1] [2] [3] [4]May-Rychter was born in Regensburg, Bavaria, in 1864; the daughter of Henry von May, who held an appointment of personal physician for Prince of Thurn and Taxis.